THAR 281 1st Edition Lecture 14 Outline of Last Lecture I 19th Century Continued a Grand Opera b Guiseppe Verdi II Historical Context on Realism III Realism IV Naturalism V Henrik Ibsen VI A Doll s House VII Hedda Gabler VIII Anton Chekhov IX Moscow Art Theater X Konstantin Stanislavski XI The Stanislavski Method Outline of Current Lecture I Symbolism II August Strindberg III Maurice Maeterlinck IV The Ubu Plays V Meyerhold VI Biomechanics Current Lecture I Symbolism a Leading movement of time period b Cohesively identifiable c Influenced by Nietzche d Favored mood and quality over plot and character e Everything had meaning hence symbolism II August Strindberg a Wrote in realism and symbolism b Lots of tumult in his personal life c History of mental illness d Famous Works Miss Julie and A Dream Play III Maurice Maeterlinck a Most successful symbolist b Said theater should present a shadow a reflection a projection of symbolic forms c Wrote short plays in symbolism IV V VI The Ubu Plays a Written by Jarry b Trio of plays i One takes place in this time period ii Other take place in the 30 s and 40 s c Ubu Roi i combination of Julius Caesar and Macbeth ii About politics and power struggles iii A grotesque work iv Filled with humor about manure Meyerhold a Originally a member of the Moscow Art Theater b Russian anti realism director and actor trainer c Wanted to free theater from rules and restrictions like romanticism d His work is influenced by comedia del arte the circus and music halls e Best known for biomechanics Biomechanics a External physical actor training technique i Actors learn physical form first and then can portray character better outside in b Works to train actors as machines i Sees actors as having finite range of movements ii Once they can achieve that then they can portray character better c Goals of biomechanics i Reduce tension in the actors ii Improve balance iii Increase kinesthetic awareness d Etude series of movements that actor had to continuously do in order to replicate them French for study physically arduous
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